The current fashion in the NBA is a high-paced athlete-fest played largely on the wings. While I love a PHX-WAS game as much as the next guy, I have to say that I’m amped for Houston and their infinitesimal 92.8 possessions/game pace. As intoxicating as the Suns are, the deliberate calibrations that each team makes in a Houston-Clipper game are fascinating to watch. Not only are there stellar matchups on the floor, but Dunleavy and Van Gundy are two of the most similar coaches in the L.

A chess match is played inside each possession. We watch Elton try to leverage his quickness against Yao, while Yao maximizes his size. How will Corey Maggette create shots against a dogged Shane Battier. Will Hart, Kaman and Mobley do what they need to do to get Corey his shots? Will Corey recognize when the guys set up effective opportunities for him away from the ball [something Corey has been doing exceptionally well of late]? I think Houston – in particular, Battier and Hayes for T-Mac – run some of the best S/Rs in the Association. How will the Clippers recover defensively?

A pivotal game for the Clips. A streak of Ws @CHI, @MIL, UTAH, WAS, & HOU is an achievement for any team, and would put the Clips in the driver’s seat for a playoff berth. Additionally, Denver has 8 of 13 on the road, including road games at PHX, the Lakers, Utah, and San Antonio, not to mention a home game v. Dallas. Only two back of DEN, and with the tiebreaker in their favor if they can win the DEN game at Staples next weekend, the Clippers could feasibly pass the Nuggets for the 7 seed. I know the prospect of any success in the playoffs is remote, but watching meaningful basketball is about as good as it gets for a fan, and at least the Clippers can give us that.

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Howie man, I think you got a whiff of the smell coming out of the other home locker room at Staples.

On this current streak the Clips have beaten 3 teams above .500. The Fakers haven't beaten a .500+ team in a month. And in the last three months, they've only beaten 4 teams with better than .500 records.

But back to the matter at hand. The Clips have had all of their players step it up on this current streak. And they are playing the best and most consistent ball that they have all season.

I wish the Clippers would have started playing this way sooner---like October---but as long as they keep it up, I'll be happy.

So I'd say its more like sugar on sour grapes...but hey, as long as its sweet...

Hey Howie... howcum we don't have a blog like this one? Laker fans would love it. Howbout asking KCAL9's Alan Masingale to do it? He has same idea like yours about this 3rd degree Clipper team(thanks to him for not bringing Clipper news to millions of LA viewers)

I still think the best use of the word shit in relation to basketball has to belong to Ron Harper.

Asked to compare the Lakers championship team of 2000 to the Bulls teams of the mid-ninties, he put it simply 'this team ain't shit.'

But I'll agree with you Howie about the pay to play ration this season. A while back Barkley said the same thing, some of the Clippers got those big contracts and were simply mailing it in. But at least they're kinda earning some of it.

Wow. Brave talk from a team whose success depends on Luke Walton...Luke Walton!!! And you guys just got beat, at home, by the worst team in the NBA. In other words, shut up, and stick to smearing foie gras on your crackers and swishing it around with pinot noir, you pretentious Raper fans. Take away Kobe and most D-League teams would beat the you guys anyway. Fucktards. I'm out.

If we make the playoffs for the second year in a row, and it looks like we will, Clippers rule. Be content with baby steps and F all the Laker fans. I can't believe Dunleavy finally wised up and put Corey in the starting lineup. I'm still not sold on him long term, but if he gets us in again that's all that matters.

I think you're all being dicks to each other over a game in which grown men put a round ball in a hoop. Don't get me wrong, I love basketball, but it doesn't prompt me to insult complete strangers or dish out unnecessary insults. What's wrong with you people?

BTW, I still have 2 tickets in sec.318, Row 1, for sale for tonight's game against the rockets. $75 for the pair.

Yeah … sometimes the Clips play like sh*t, but if you’re a fan, you’ll eat the sh*t until you die. I’ve nibbled on some really stinky sh*t over the past decade, but I still love my team, regardless of whatever the haters may have to say.

This is a fan site … one of the best as evidenced by being named “the best team blog” on the web … and I think that Kevin does an outstanding job. Hell, the blog articles even get quoted in real sporting websites (… yeah, I’m sure Henry Abbot may have had an hand in all the weirdos leaving comments here) It’s well written and too the point, and he seems to write from a realistic fan’s prospective who truly cares about the team. So, if he wants to sugar the sh*t every once in a while, let it be. And in all fairness, he’s ripped into the team as well, as should any true fan.

Kevin’s right, for a CLIPPER’S FAN, this next game IS pivotal. All the Clipper fans know this, and if you aren’t a Clipper Fan, well, that’s your bad.

Oh … and you Faker/Raper fans out there… start your own blog site.

BTW … check out the “probable starters” on the clippers.com site … Did Yao Ming get a haircut or something? :)

Hey this company red27Fashion.com has come up with some really cool Clipper T-shirts. All of you girls and guys looking to be stylish @ the games but still look like a true fan should check it out. My friend from Dallas told me about them ofcoarse he's a Mavericks fan but that's beside the point.

Well, well, well. Real fakers are here again. Do u guys watch KCAL9 Sports Central? Do u ever see or hear any news 'bout pathetic Clippers? They don't cover Fakers. But they do cover every bit of Laker news. Established media don't consider your fake team as legit. team. That's the bottomline. Now, live with it you big losers.

*Do u guys watch KCAL9 Sports Central? Do u ever see or hear any news 'bout pathetic Clippers? They don't cover Fakers. But they do cover every bit of Laker news. Established media don't consider your fake team as legit.*

Um, that tends to happen when you have a contract to broadcast all of the teams away games since time out of mind. I'm sure that doesn't create any bias or anything. And since when exactly has Alan Massengale 15 minute sports segment been deemed "Established Media"?

Congratulations Corey, looks like you've finally "earned" more playing time than that legendary player that teams all around the league have been lining up to trade for over the last two years.........the one, the only....

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